Places

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Maps

34 maps found.

1946, Butter Bank Ref. NPO657685
1946, Butters Green Ref. NPO657777
1902, Butter Bank Ref. RNC657685
1921, Butter Bank Ref. POP657685
1902, Butters Green Ref. RNC657777
1921, Butters Green Ref. POP657777
1897, Butter Bank Ref. RNE657685
1897, Butters Green Ref. RNE657777
1946, Bittering Ref. NPO641280
1901-1902, Bittering Ref. RNC641280
1895, Butler's Cross Ref. RNE657625
1921, Butler's Hill Ref. POP657641
1921, Bittering Ref. POP641280
1898, Bittering Ref. RNE641280
1883, Bittering Ref. HOSM37892
1947, Felton Butler Ref. NPO704275
1946, Cropwell Butler Ref. NPO684156
1899, Cropwell Butler Ref. RNE684156
1895, Stony Batter Ref. RNE840768
1919, Stony Batter Ref. POP840768

Books

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Memories

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Larner And Mustoe Families

I am very interested in Northleach because my family connections, the Mustoes and Larners, go back several hundred years there and certainly in the case of the Larners back to the 1600's. Both families were shepherds ...Read more

A memory of Northleach by Gary Hargreaves

My Memories Of Living In Westbury Leigh 1940 1944

The house shown in the foreground of this photograph was the home of my Uncle, Percy Drury. This was sometime around 1940/42, I do not know how long he resided there. I lived at 115 Westbury ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh in 1940 by George Drury

"Hoylake Baths"

I recall happy memories of the Bathing Pool. It had two fountains spurting over fake rocks. We used to climb on these to cool off. In those days the Summers seemed to go on forever. The baths used to attract large attendances in those ...Read more

A memory of Hoylake in 1957 by Ron Mcshane

First 12 Years Of My Life.

I lived in Langley Avenue from my birth in 1950 until we moved in 1962. I remember childhood meals at the Queen Vic and the waitresses saying I had better table manners than some of the businessmen. I went to school at ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by David Angus

Memories Of Market Drayton

This once sleepy hamlet was first home to me, a better place for childhood there could not be. Little Drayton church and it`s `olde` Sunday school. fishing excursions with Uncle to Buntingsdale pool, Dalelands ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Happy Days

My name is Brian Newman and I was born in Barking in 1942. My old man was a grocer and his shop was Newman Stores in Ripple Road by the Harrow, or as we called it, the "arrer". There was a long row of shops either side of Ripple Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Brian Newman

25 Years In Beaconsfield.

Born in Wembley, I arrived in the New Town of Beaconsfield in 1957 aged 5. With my younger sister and my parents. I left home at 17 but returned occasionally until 1981 when my parents moved to Scotland. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Beaconsfield by Gordon Cooper

Memories Of Marks Gate

I lived on Marks Gate from 1954-1972 when I got married. We lived in a two bedroomed flat in Arneways Avenue. I went to the Oaks school in Collier Row, John Preston school on Marks Gate and The Warren school, Chadwell ...Read more

A memory of Marks Gate by peterphelps06

Willesden Green

I lived in Willesden Green from when I was born on the 1st June 1953 (2 PARK AVENUE) until I got married in August 1974. I simply loved the area. The house I lived in used to be my Grandparent's. Both died in Park Avenue.My ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by stephenwhite249

The Empire Exhibition 1938. The Tower

This was our last pre-war family holiday - a week in Glasgow with Dad's brother [Somerville Drive, Mount Florida] and three wonderful weeks in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, with mum's parents. I have clearer ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow by Alastair Urquhart

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Captions

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Caption For Launceston, The Square 1890

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1890

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1890

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

Caption For Buttermere, High Stile 1889

This hamlet, at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District, takes its name from Old English, and means 'the lake by the dairy pastures'—where the butter is made.

Caption For Whittlesey, Market Place C1965

Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating.

Caption For Ipswich, Buttermarket 1921

Up until 1810, Ipswich's Butter Market was indeed the scene for the sale of butter and other products.

Caption For Tenbury Wells, The Butter Market C1960

The Butter Market was used to sell not just butter but any other commodities that the farmers' wives could sell while their husbands attended the main markets in the town.

Caption For Alcester, Butter Street C1965

In the 16th century, the area round the churchyard was the commercial centre of Alcester; it included Butter Street, which borders two sides of the churchyard.

Caption For Oakham, Market Place 1932

This classic view has All Saints' spire behind the shops with the famous Butter Cross (at least 300 years old) in the middle.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Market Place C1955

In the late 17th century the town had an established, high-quality cheese and butter market, with buyers coming from as far as London to do business.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Dew Street 1906

The building in the centre of the picture was the former butter and fish market.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Dew Street 1906

The building in the centre of the picture was the former butter and fish market.

Caption For Winchester, High Street C1955

The pavements have been removed and the post box in front of the Butter Cross has moved into Little Minster Street, next to the Vickers shop (right) that is now O2.

Caption For Smarden, The Street C1955

Smarden is one of Kent's most beautiful villages; its name derives from the Saxon 'smeredaenne', meaning 'butter valley and pasture'.

Caption For Oxford, The Carfax 1937

To the left of Carfax there used to be a 'pennyless bench' where beggars sat and women sold butter.

Caption For Somerton, The Cross C1960

Somerton's Market or Butter Cross is dated 1673.

Caption For Newark, The Old Governor's House, Stodman Street C1955

J Graham are offering better furniture on cash or terms (the never-never?)

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1890

Bowler-hatted farmers go about their business in the centre of town around the Butter and Poultry Market Hall.

Caption For Barnard Castle, Market Place 1892

We are looking towards the Butter Market and Barnard Castle's octagonal two-tiered Market Cross, which dates from 1747.

Caption For Winchester, Buttercross 1899

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market.

Caption For Shepton Mallet, The Square And Cross C1965

This cross was built in the 13th-century market place in around 1500, and was used for the sale of butter, eggs and chickens.

Caption For Totnes, Butterwalk 1896

Butter was sold in the former, poultry in the latter.